Stench of 'Katrina' deaths haunts J'cans
IMAGINE BEING in pitch darkness, inhaling the stench of the dead, rotting corpses floating around in murky water. These are some of the images that still linger in the mind of Hermine Clarke-Lewis, a Jamaican survivor of Hurricane Katrina.

'LEPTO' ALARM
A DOUBLING of suspected cases of leptospirosis between January and June, compared with the corresponding period last year, has triggered alarm bells at the Health Ministry. Two persons have reportedly died.

Teen slain at school gate
THE BRUTAL killing of a 16-year-old youth outside the gates of the Maverley All-Age and Junior High School in north-west St. Andrew yesterday has left scores of students traumatised and teachers dismissing classes early.

Hutchinson to sue cop
WESTERN BUREAU: J.C. HUTCHINSON, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth, is filing a lawsuit against Deputy Superintendent of Police Maurice Robinson...

Blood clot in lung killed Charles - newspaper
ROSEAU, CMC: FORMER DOMINICA Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles died as a result of a blood clot in the lung, a local newspaper there said yesterday.

Eye surgery patients return from Cuba
SEVERAL JAMAICANS who were among the first to benefit from free eye surgery and other optical treatment in Cuba return to the island today. The programme, dubbed 'Miracle Operation', aims to improve eye treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Soldier freed of murder
Staff Reporter A JURY HAS freed 29-year-old Jamaica Defence Force soldier Gregory Burke, who was accused of murdering four persons in a house in Cave Valley, St. Ann, seven years ago.